Abstracts tagged "Classification criteria and gout"

Abstract Number: 826 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Classification Criteria for Gout Using Monosodium Urate Crystal Identification By a Certified Examiner As the Gold-Standard in a Large Multi-National Study
William Taylor¹, Nicola Dalbeth², Jaap Fransen³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, H. Ralph Schumacher Jr.⁵ and Tim Jansen⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, ²Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Most gout is managed in primary care where the diagnosis seldom relies upon identification of MSU crystals. Several classification criteria for gout have been…
Abstract Number: 136 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Delphi Exercise to Identify Characteristic Features of Gout – A Study of Opinions From Patients and Physicians to Inform New Classification Criteria
Rebecca Prowse¹, Nicola Dalbeth², H. R. Schumacher³, Tuhina Neogi⁴, Tim L. Jansen⁵, Jaap Fransen⁶ and William Taylor¹, ¹University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, ²Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania and VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, St Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatic Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
A Delphi Exercise to Identify Characteristic Features of Gout - a Study of Opinions from Patients and Physicians to Inform New Classification CriteriaBackground/Purpose: Updated classification…